Device for transporting cylindrical objects

US7066316B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Kurt Burger · Friolzheim, DE
• Johannes Rauschnabel · Stuttgart, DE
• Bernd Goetzelmann · Heubach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G33/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for transporting cylindrical objects, in particular containers, has at least two shafts that rotate in the same direction, axially perpendicular to the transporting direction of the objects. While being transported, the objects come to rest with their cylindrical wall on one shaft and with one face end on an adjacent shaft. By means of the axial spacing and/or the respective diameters of the shafts a predeterminable angular position of the objects to the plane of the axes of the shafts and an intrinsic rotation of the objects can be effected.